Is your church like a superstore, trying to offer everything that the other churches around you offer? Or, are you like the specialty store that offers some of the same items, some different items, and …

I’ve noticed a trend recently by leaders and pastors who seem to think that it is acceptable for volunteers to leave a position of service, but only if they move to something else. While I …

Have you ever been guilted into serving at your church? Do you know of an instance of a guilted volunteer that turned into a healthy, long lasting volunteer at your church? I don’t. So, why …

When someone says that they want to serve at your church, do you help them take action, or take a test? We’ve all seen the tests, and many of us have taken them: spiritual gifts …

I never thought I’d ever hear that a staff member would say these words: “You Aren’t Serving Enough”. Unfortunately, I did. A staff member told a team of people that were giving between 10 and …

I’m excited to announce my new blog on the new 3Cords network: The Volunteer-Centered Leader. Like myself, there are many leaders in the church that devote their late nights and weekends to helping to make …

Over the Memorial Day weekend, I was handed a coupon for 50% off a single non-sale item at Michael’s. Since my daughter is now into a line of toys that they sell, I thought this …

I attended the [tag]Maximum Impact 2006[/tag] simulcast at Bethany Methodist Church in Austin, TX on Friday. Overall it wasn’t bad, though it wasn’t as nice as last year. The best speaker was [tag]Tim Sanders[/tag], who …

Sometimes in life, things come in patterns. With the blogosphere, this can happen quite frequently due to some big news topic. For me today, I’ve had two topics show up from seemingly random sources. Here …